Sterling Cinema
71 High Street,
Kidlington,
OX5 2DN
71 High Street,
Kidlington,
OX5 2DN
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Located in Kidlington, near Oxford. The Sterling Cinema was opened on 17th October 1938 with George Formby in “I See Ice”. Seating was provided for 908 in stalls and circle levels. The projection box was located at the back of the stalls, under the circle. The proscenium was 30 feet wide, and there was a café inside the building, which in later years became a licenced bar known as the Disney bar, as it had been decorated with cartoon characters.
The Sterling Cinema was closed on 31st December 1977 with Patrick Wayne in “The People that Time Forgot”. It was converted into a Tesco supermarket, which still operates in 2014.
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Ken Roe
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Didn`t think this one was on here, so glad I found it. I did relief here now & again, lovely old cinema. BTH supa change over projection with xenon lamps in a huge projection room that was through a door situated next to the bar, beneath the balcony. The bar was decorated in a huge Walt Disney mural. Entering the cinema, the pay box was straight in front of you, and you really went back in time. The projected picture was huge, but I think the sound let it down, rather boomy I always thought. Very nice staff, was very sad to see it go, but it never put bums on seats in its twilight years, happy days.